Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen? BWV 81
Jesus sleeps, what hope ( BWV 81 ) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany and first performed it for the first time on January 30, 1724.
History and words
Bach wrote the cantata in his first year in Leipzig for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany and first performed it on 30 January 1724 on. The 4th Sunday after Epiphany is rare and occurs only in years when Easter is late. The prescribed readings were Romans 13:8-10 and Matthew 8:23-27 LUT LUT, the storm relief. The librettist is unknown, Erdmann Neumeister and Christian Weiss have been proposed. The poet refers to the gospel and shows Jesus as hidden ( asleep ) and apparently (acting ), similar to God, how long, how long?, Written in 1716 in Weimar and previously listed three weeks. The words of the fourth movement cite the Gospel: "Ye of little faith, why are you so afraid? " The final chorale is the second verse of Johann Franck Jesu meine Freude.
Scoring and structure
The cantata is staffed with three soloists, alto, tenor and bass, four-part choir chorale, two recorders, two oboe d' amore, two violins, viola and basso continuo. The flutes and oboes were played by the same musicians.
Music
Bach asks the questions the anxious soul is dramatic, similar to the dialogs in O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60 The first aria illustrates sleeping through recorders, deep layers of strings and sustained notes in the singing voice. Similar means of expression used in the Bach Aria Gentle to my death grief of his Easter oratorio. In sentence 3, the lines of the instruments and storm waves are characterized by similar in operas of the time. The key sentence in the symmetrical arrangement of the cantata is Theorem 4 The bass as the Vox Christi ( voice of Christ ), the question of Jesus. Continuo and voice use in this arioso -like material, which intensifies the words. The following aria, called allegro, contrasts the storm in unison runs in the strings with smoother movement in the oboes. The final chorale is simply set in four parts.
Bach composed a similar symmetrical arrangement around a Bible word 1726 your bread with the hungry, BWV 39
Recordings
- Bach Cantatas Vol 1 - Advent and Christmas. Karl Richter, Munich Bach Choir, Munich Bach Orchestra, Anna Reynolds, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam. Archiv Produktion, 1972.
- J. S. Bach: The cantatas - Sacred Cantatas Vol 5 Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Tölz Boys Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Paul Esswood, Kurt Equiluz, Ruud van der Meer. Teldec, 1978.
- The Bach Cantata Vol 25, Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Julia Hamari, Adalbert Kraus, Siegmund Nimsgern. Hänssler, 1983.
- J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol 8 Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Bogna Bartosz, Jorg Dürmüller, Klaus Mertens. Antoine Marchand, 1998.
- J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol 8 Pieter Jan Leusink, Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Sytse Buwalda, Knut Schoch, Bas Ramselaar. Brilliant Classics, 1999.
- Bach Cantatas Vol 19: Greenwich / Romsey. John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, William Towers, Paul Agnew, Peter Harvey. Soli Deo Gloria, 2000.
- J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol 21 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724 Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Robin Blaze, James Gilchrist, Peter Kooij. . BIS, 2002.
- J. S. Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year, Vol 8 Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande, Gerlinde sower, Petra Noskaiová, Christoph Genz, Jan van der crabbing. Accent, 2008.
- "Jesus is sleeping, what do I hope ." Cantata BWV 81 Rudolf Lutz, Orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation, Roswitha Müller, Bernhard Berchtold, Wolf Matthias Friedrich. Velvet introductory workshop and reflection by Rolf Dubs. Gallus Media, 2009.